Kinsman Transit Co. v. United States Steel Corp.

JONES, Chief Judge.

In a calm sea, with little wind, and visibility of approximately five miles, around midnight of November 12-13, 1952, both the Minch and the Crawford knew they were converging on a busy traffic intersection approximately a mile to a mile and a half south of Southeast Shoal Light in Lake Erie. The Minch was bound from Sandusky to Toledo with a partial cargo of coal; the Crawford, without cargo, from Cleveland bound up the Lakes to Two Harbors.

From first view, about four or five miles away, they never were out of sight of each other up to the collision and there were no other…